Playpiece
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A snack taken by a child to school to be eaten at playtime. Scotland
"She was jealous of me going though, wanted to see the inside of the Laverys' house for herself, and was in a bad mood with me for the whole of the following day at school. She had three chocolate digestives for her playpiece and wouldn’t give me one."
- 2 Synonym of game piece.
"There is no on-off switch here, because the computer is activated only when playpieces are pressed onto the peg-detection panel."
Synonyms
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More examples"She was jealous of me going though, wanted to see the inside of the Laverys' house for herself, and was in a bad mood with me for the whole of the following day at school. She had three chocolate digestives for her playpiece and wouldn’t give me one."
Etymology
From play + piece.
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